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No. 323,408. Patented Aug. 4, 1885 UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

JOHN M. FENNERTY, OF MEMPHIS, TENXESSEE.

CAR-WINDOW.

CPECIPICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,408, dated August 4, 1885.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. FENNERTY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Car-WVindows; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an interior view of a car-window, the casing being broken away above the window to show the position of the sashes, screens, &c., when raised. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view showing one leaf of the window and the rod on which it slides and swings. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line g Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the window from the exterior of the car, showing one leaf open. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line as as, Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of the meeting-rail and guiderods upon which the leaves of the sash move.

Likeletters refer to like parts wherever they occur.

Mypresent invention relates to the construe tion of windows for cars and like moving structures, and has for its object the production of a window which can be raised and lowered in the usual manner and for the ordinary purposes, or can be swung upon a vertical pivot to serve as a dust-deflector and ventilator.

The window is preferably composed of two independentlysliding leaves, eachleaf pivoted on a rod extending up into the casing and acting as a guide when the leaf is raised or lowered.

I will now proceed to describe my invention more fully, so that others skilled in the art to which it appertains may apply the same.

In the drawings, A indicates the casing; 13 B, the two leaves composing the sash, said leaves arranged to swing outward, similar to shutters or a double door; it h, catches for securing the leaves B B, and E E sliding screens. In addition thereto the usual second sliding window, F, may be employed, if desired. to form the usual air-space between the sashes.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings the right-hand screen is shown as drawn down and the leaf B as pushed up, while on the left the reverse is the case.

The casing A may be of the usual construction, having the grooves f for the outer sliding window, F, and the groove 1) for the inner sliding window or the leaves B B.

G G indicate rods, which extend from the window-sill g to topof the space in the casing above the windows. These rods, which serve at their lower halves as pivots or pintles for the leaves B, and at their upper halves as guides for the leaves in the space above the casing, are arranged one on each side of the frame in front of the grooves b. The leaves B are each provided with a tube, 0, secured to the outer edge, and said tube incloses the rod Gr, so that the leaf can slide up and down as well as swing out laterally when in its lowest position.

Instead of tubes 0, simple rings or eyes may be employed.

H indicates the vertical central meeting-rail against which the leaves B B close, and said rail is provided with two spring catches or latches, h h, by means of which the leaves B B are secured when closed. This meetingrail H extends up into the casing above the window parallel with and for the same distance as the guide and pintle rods G G, and serves as the inner guide for the leaves B B, when they are slid up into the casing.

03 indicates dogs or catches pivoted on the sill g, and adapted to secure the leaves B when the same are swung out or arranged for purposes of ventilation, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

In the side casing of the window-frame, and also in the edges of the meeting or T rail H, are grooves ee, for the reception of the sliding screens E E.

Heretofore I have spoken of the vertical meeting or T rail H and the guide-rods G G as independent pieces or parts of the structure, because they can be formed in such manner if desired but in order to simplify mattersI prefer to form theT meeting-rail H as shown in Figs. 6 and 7that is to say, with the front plate, It, having the inner grooves for the reception of the sliding screens, and serving as an attachment for the spring-catches h k, and with the lateral arms h, at the extremities of which the guide and pivot rods G are placed. These parts may be readily cast or otherwise formed of metal and fitted into the window frame or casing with little labor, the frame being itself of the usual construction.

The devices, being of the general character hereinbefore specified, may be employed as follows: The outer window, F, and the screens E may be raised or lowered in the usual manner, and secured by the ordinary or any approved catches suitable to the purpose.

If it is desired to raise either or both of the I leaves B, the catch or catches h are released,

and the leaves pushed up into the casing above the window in the usual manner.

If it is desired to open the window for purposes of ventilation, and at the same time avoid the nuisance arising from flying cinders, dust, &c., the forward leaf B, or that in the direction the train is moving, being down or occupying its lowest position, is released from its catch it and swung out laterally, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, pivoting on its guide-rod G, and is then secured in such position by the dogs or catches i.

It will be evident that one leaf B can be swung out to serve as a deflector and ventilator, while the other leaf B can remain down or be pushed up into the casing at will. It is also evident that either screen E may be raised or lowered at will, and thus any adjustment of the windows and screens for purposes of vision or ventilation may be made to suit the comfort or convenience of the traveler.

I am aware that the upper and lower sashes of a window have been heretofore arranged to slide up and down and swing inwardly upon the pintle-rods arranged on the same side of the frame, so as to facilitate the cleaning of said windows,and do not herein claim the same,

as the arrangement is not such as to permit either sash to be used as a dust-deflector while the other performs its usual functions. I am also aware that two swinging panes have been arranged in a single sliding sash, and do not claim such construction, as it is not possible therewith to utilize the sashes independently.

the one of the other, as hereinbefore specified. Furthermore, the containing-frame encroaches upon the light-space.

Having thus described the nature, operation, and advantages of my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A car-window composed of two independent'leaves arranged side by side, and pivoted on opposite sides, so as to swing horizontally outward in opposite directions, and adapted to slide on said pivots, so that either may beraised orlowered independently of the other, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a car-window, the combination of a central T or meeting rail having lateral arms, and pivot and guide rods extending between and connecting thelateral arms of the T-rail, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a car-window having two independently sliding and swinging leaves or sashes and two independently -moving screens, a common meeting or T rail having screen-grooves, whereby the swinging leaves may be arranged and adjusted relatively to each other, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereofI affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses, this 24th day of May, 1884.

JOHN M. FENNERTY.

\Vitnesses:

F. WV. BITTER, J r., O. A. NEAL. 

